HARPER SALES v. Brown, Stagner, Richardson, Inc.

Brown, Stagner, Richardson, Inc., a food-brokerage business, sued Harper Sales Company, alleging breach of contract, intentional interference with a business relationship, and fraud and suppression. In its complaint, Brown, Stagner, Richardson alleged that it had entered into a contract with Harper Sales and that Harper Sales had agreed to service certain food-product lines on behalf of Brown, Stagner, Richardson in exchange for a percentage of the commissions from the sales of those food-product lines. Harper Sales Company answered and counterclaimed, seeking an accounting.

The trial court…